Culture and ethics

Cooperation is easier and conflicts are limited when people share convictions. We therefore need to look for ethical principles that are shared worldwide: global ethics. Standards and values are an integral part of any culture; hence, culture is the bedrock supporting every development. Culture can obstruct progress, but it can nevertheless be a tool for emancipation. Culture is also a goal in itself: it gives meaning to our existence. The same holds true for equal rights, responsibility for future generations, freedom of speech, and democracy: they stimulate progress, but are also the objective of development.

In this section you will find news stories and articles on culture and ethics , that were published on the Power of Culture website between 2003 and 2010. More recent articles from our network you'll find on our Facebook page.

Culture and ethics

Despite two elections, a cholera epidemic and ongoing inflation HIFA is still going strong. With the increased interest from outside of Zimbabwe it is clear that the festival is now seen as an important platform.

Children's Advocacy Production, a ngo in Freetown, Sierra Leone, firmly believes that every child should memorise the Child Rights Act. So they are composing an album of songs to encourage kids to not only learn the Act but also hum it.

Twenty-two well-known film makers and visual artists made short films on the theme of human rights. This film project marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and can be viewed in its entirety on YouTube.

Perihan Magden (Istanbul, 1960) latest novel Who were we running from, mother is about the fears she felt when she was prosecuted and taunted because of her support of a conscientious objector. "I feared for my life," says Magden in an interview about her books, her life and the power of a columnist.